Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin | 
 enlarge | Author: Leo F. Stelten
Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 1565631315
Dewey Decimal Number: 477
EAN: 9781565631311
ASIN: 1565631315
Publication Date: May 1, 1995
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Leo Stelten has put to use his years of experience teaching Latin in compiling this concise reference book. The Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin includes approximately 17,000 words with the common meanings of the Latin terms found in church writings. Entries cover Scripture, Canon Law, the Liturgy, Vatican II, the early church fathers, and theological terms. This volume will prove to be an invaluable resource for theological students, as well as for those seeking to improve their knowledge of ecclesiastical Latin. An appendix also provides descriptions of ecclesiastical structures and explains technical terms from ecclesiastical law. The Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin has already been widely praised for its serviceability and indispensability in both academic and Church settings."For seminarians studying for the priesthood, the Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin by Leo F. Stelten will be helpful for examining Vatican documents in the original language, papal encyclicals and allocutions, publications on church liturgy, and Cannon Law volumes. This product of years of teaching, now updated, will be a happy resource in chanceries as well. The format is easy to follow and the vocabulary of some 17,000 words and phrases is quite adequate."
A—Reverend Joseph F. Downey, S. J., Editorial Director, Loyola University Press, Chicago, Illinois "A working knowledge of Latin is important for anyone who wishes to study the nearly two thousand years of living tradition of the Catholic Church. It is essential for those who wish to study seriously the sacred sciences of philosophy, theology, and cannon law. Father Leo Stelten, drawing upon his long experiences in teaching Latin to students for the priesthood, has developed in his Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin a most helpful tool both for those who are beginning their study of the church's lingua materna, as well as for those who are working to renew and improve their knowledge of church Latin."
A—Monsignor Raymond L. Burke, Supremum Signaturae Apostolicae Tribunal, Vatican City, Rome
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 Excellent August 20, 2008
First a little background of where I stand: I learned Latin using Collins Ecclesiastical Latin, with the sole purpose to be able to pray the Liturgia Horarum in Latin. After having finished studying from the Collins text, I found I still didn't know a whole lot of words from the Office text. So I bought Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin.
I can say that this book has proven to be a "must have" while praying the Office. It has not disappointed me at all, and I don't know how I could manage praying the Office without it.
For those of you in my boat, this book is well worth the purchase.
A Nifty little resource for studying my Latin Bible August 1, 2007
This is a superb dictionary for anyone wishing to read the Bible in Latin. One does not need to be familiar with Latin to use this dictionary. And no need to refer to a classical dictionary. It is based on the Oxford Edition of the New Testament where it does not seem to miss a word. I have also used it with other editions of the Latin Bible. I use it to read Church documents at the Lambeth Palace library. I also use another more general Collins dictionary but only to refer to occasionally as most of the words can be found in this dictionary.
If you are studying the Latin Bible the dictionary being smaller saves time. If you are studying the Latin language then it not suitable.
Just a warning. June 16, 2007
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
The entries in this dictionary do not indicate long and short vowels: no macrons. Syllable stress is indicated by diacritic marks.
This may be the best or only Ecclesiastical dictionary on the market, but someone should write a new one with macrons. They are essential to pronunciation and syllable-emphasis understanding in Eccl. Latin education. By association, syllable emphasis decided the complex, beautiful inflectional system of Latin. And so macrons, whether disregarded or not, are essential to the presentation of the Latin language. Both this dictionary and TAN's "Latin Grammar" represent ignorance in language-acquisition by reducing Latin's rule-bound syllable-emphasis system based on a dual-vowel system to a mere diacritical mark above 'stressed vowel' which is to be memorized in a arbitrary manner. What ignorance. It's a real language!
But what the TAN book lacks in grammatical explanation and pronunciation, it makes up in zeal and piety, something "Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin" lacks from the get-go. I'd rather memorize diacritics in ignorance than ponder the mistake of a Latin Rite seperated from Latin.
Ecclesiastical latin January 10, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I use this almost every day and find it exactly what I was looking for.
 It's OK...for a dead form of communication October 29, 2006
3 out of 14 found this review helpful
If you enjoy research, reading the early fathers' sermons, keeping up with your Latin,or simply and old time Catholic that is more than ready for the Holy Father to allow a Latin Mass you need this dictionary. The missal is sure not going to tell you what the word means and even "Hail Holy Queen" looses something in translation. It is an adequate resource but for the money it is a great resource.
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